François Boone
Professeur, Faculté de génie
FGEN Département de génie électrique et de génie informatique
Présentation
Adhésions
- (2017-). Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec. Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- (2000-). IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society. Elkridge, MD, États-Unis.
- (1998-2017). Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec. Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Diplômes
- (1994-2000). Ph.D. Génie électrique. Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal. Montreal, QC, Canada.
- (1989-1992). Ingénieur. Électronique. École Nationale Supérieure d'Électrotechnique, d'Électronique, d'Informatiqueet d'Hydraulique de Toulouse (ENSEEIHT). Toulouse, France.
Expériences académiques
- Professeur. (1999-). Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
- Directeur. (2017-2025). Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Financement
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Subvention.
Advanced back end processing for high breakdown voltage and low thermal resistance GaN power transistor.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
96 000 $.
(2020-2021).
Numéro de subvention : grant.9863098. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Upgraded Facility for Advanced Millimeter-wave Engineering (U-FAME).
Canada Foundation for Innovation
(Ottawa, Canada).
2 420 611 $.
(2017).
Numéro de subvention : 36261. Voir plus -
Subvention.
RF MEMS switch for reliability and batch fabrication.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
416 704 $.
(2017-2020).
Numéro de subvention : grant.7713166. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Advanced back end processing for high breakdown voltage and low thermal resistance GaN power transistor.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
1 654 000 $.
(2017-2020).
Numéro de subvention : grant.7712142. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Scaling down classical vacuum electronic devices to make them suitable for THz band.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
25 000 $.
(2017-2018).
Numéro de subvention : grant.7707625. Voir plus -
Subvention.
RF MEMS switch for reliability and batch fabrication.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
105 027 $.
(2016-2017).
Numéro de subvention : grant.6960070. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Développement de l'électronique térahertz.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
125 000 $.
(2015-2020).
Numéro de subvention : grant.5539256. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Analyse et modélisation des TSV (Through Silicon Via) pour des fréquences élevées (au-delà de 1 GHZ).
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
25 000 $.
(2014-2015).
Numéro de subvention : grant.4167948. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Détection et caractérisation de la désagrégation du béton par Géoradar.
Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies
(Montreal, Canada).
10 000 $.
(2014-2015).
Numéro de subvention : 188388. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Exploring simplifications to electronically steerable antennas for meteorological radars.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
190 200 $.
(2012-2013).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2972896. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Imagerie millimétrique passive.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
17 960 $.
(2012-2013).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2981760. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Gallium nitride processes for efficient low loss power transistors.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
86 956 $.
(2012-2013).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2979144. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Équipements requis dans le cycle de fabrication des circuits MMIC à base de HEMT-GaN.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
150 000 $.
(2012-2014).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2971953. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Extended Facility for Advanced Millimeter-wave Engineering (E-FAME).
Canada Foundation for Innovation
(Ottawa, Canada).
2 713 143 $.
(2009).
Numéro de subvention : 20574. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Laboratoire de métrologie de l'environnement par télédétection.
Canada Foundation for Innovation
(Ottawa, Canada).
533 686 $.
(2009).
Numéro de subvention : 18933. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Exploring simplifications to electronically steerable antennas for meteorological radars.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
375 900 $.
(2009-2011).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2963438. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Gallium nitrideprocesses for efficient low loss power transistors.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
375 000 $.
(2009-2012).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2951458. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Imagerie millimétrique passive.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
89 800 $.
(2007-2012).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2925445. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Réalisation d’un radiomètre micro-onde de terrain pour la détection à distance des paramètres de surface.
Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies
(Montreal, Canada).
26 000 $.
(2007-2010).
Numéro de subvention : 120584. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Équipements de mesures pour laboratoire hyperfréquence.
Canada Foundation for Innovation
(Ottawa, Canada).
135 240 $.
(2001).
Numéro de subvention : 4410. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Échantillonnage électro-optique et imagerie terahertz.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
23 240 $.
(2000-2001).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2901304. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Mesures sous pointes de circuits monolitiques intégrés MMIC.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
70 908 $.
(2000-2001).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2808719. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Développment de filtres actifs hyperfréquences en technologie des circuits micro-ondes monolitiques intégrés (MMIC).
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
119 252 $.
(2000-2004).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2885062. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Station de travail pour conception de circuits hyperfréquences avec logiciel de simulation.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
(Ottawa, Canada).
17 025 $.
(1999-2000).
Numéro de subvention : grant.2879893. Voir plus -
Subvention.
Détection et caractérisation de la désagrégation du béton par Géoradar.
Mitacs
(Vancouver, Canada).
Numéro de subvention : grant.13957980. Voir plus
Publications
Articles
- Mohamed Najah, Serge Ecoffey, Tejinder Singh, Mark Ferguson, Louis-Philippe Roby, Jacques Renaud, Paul Gondcharton, Frederic A. Banville, Mohamed Boucherit, Serge A. Charlebois, Luc G. Frechette, Raafat R. Mansour, Francois Boone. (2022). Characterization of a Wafer-Level Packaged Au−Ru/AlCu Contact for Micro-Switches. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. DOI
- Mark Ferguson, Mohamed Najah, Frederic A. Banville, Mohamed Boucherit, Paul Gond-Charton, Jacques Renaud, Luc Frechette, Francois Boone, Serge Ecoffey, Serge A. Charlebois. (2022). Exploring Ru Compatibility With Al-Ge Eutectic Wafer Bonding. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems. DOI
- Najah, M., Maaboudallah, F., Boucherit, M., Ferguson, M., Fréchette, L., Charlebois, S., Boone, F., Ecoffey, S. (2022). Spectral analysis of the topography parameters for isotropic Gaussian rough surfaces applied to gold coating. Tribology International. DOI
- Cozette, F., Hassan, B., Rodriguez, C., Frayssinet, E., Comyn, R., Lecourt, F., Defrance, N., Labat, N., Boone, F., Soltani, A., Jaouad, A., Cordier, Y., Maher, H. (2021). New barrier layer design for the fabrication of gallium nitride-metalinsulator- semiconductor-high electron mobility transistor normally-off transistor. Semiconductor Science and Technology. DOI
- Hassan, B., Cutivet, A., Bouchilaoun, M., Rodriguez, C., Soltani, A., Boone, F., Maher, H. (2019). Large Periphery GaN HEMTs Modeling Using Distributed Gate Resistance. Physica Status Solidi A Applications and Materials Science. DOI
- Cutivet, A., Pavlidis, G., Hassan, B., Bouchilaoun, M., Rodriguez, C., Soltani, A., Graham, S., Boone, F., Maher, H. (2019). Scalable Modeling of Transient Self-Heating of GaN High-Electron-Mobility Transistors Based on Experimental Measurements. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. DOI
- Cutivet, A., Bouchilaoun, M., Hassan, B., Rodriguez, C., Soltani, A., Boone, F., Maher, H. (2019). Thermal Transient Extraction for GaN HEMTs by Frequency-Resolved Gate Resistance Thermometry with Sub-100 ns Time Resolution. Physica Status Solidi A Applications and Materials Science. DOI
- (2018). A Hydrogen Plasma Treatment for Soft and Selective Silicon Nitride Etching. physica status solidi (a). DOI
- Mavrovic, A., Roy, A., Royer, A., Filali, B., Boone, F., Pappas, C., Sonnentag, O. (2018). Dielectric characterization of vegetation at L band using an open-ended coaxial probe. Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems. DOI
- Sarvenaz Jenabi, Dominic Deslandes, Francois Boone, Serge A Charlebois. (2017). A low-cost fabrication method for sub-millimeter wave GaAs Schottky diode. Semiconductor Science and Technology. DOI
- (2017). Characterization of Dynamic Self-Heating in GaN HEMTs Using Gate Resistance Measurement. IEEE Electron Device Letters. DOI
- (2017). Submillimeter Wave GaAs Schottky Diode Application Based Study and Optimization for 0.1- 1.5 THz. Solid-State Electronics.
- Jenabi, S., Malekabadi, A., Deslandes, D., Boone, F., Charlebois, S.A. (2017). Submillimeter wave GaAs Schottky diode application based study and optimization for 0.1–1.5 THz. Solid State Electronics. DOI
- (2017). Thermal Impedance Extraction From Electrical Measurements for Double-Ended Gate Transistors. physica status solidi c. DOI
- (2016). Room-temperature AlGaN/GaN Terahertz Plasmonic Detectors with a Zero-Bias Grating. Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves. DOI
- (2015). Electrothermal Mapping of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs Using Microresistance Thermometer Detectors. Electron Device Letters, IEEE. DOI
- (2015). On the thermal characterization of AlGaN/GaN High-Electron-Mobility Transistors grown on HR Si(111) substrate. Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on.
- (2014). High-Resistivity Silicon Dielectric Ribbon Waveguide for Single-Mode Low-Loss Propagation at F/G-Bands. Terahertz Science and Technology, IEEE Transactions on. DOI
- (2014). Integration of Micro Resistance Thermometer Detectors in AlGaN/GaN Devices. Electron Devices Society, IEEE Journal of the. DOI
- (2013). Powerful Applications of Electromagnetic Field Simulators: Field Visualization for Education. Microwave Magazine, IEEE. DOI
- (2013). Use of jonscher model for estimating the thickness of a concrete slab by technical GPR. Progress In Electromagnetics Research M. DOI
- (2012). Modelling dielectric-constant values of concrete: An aid to shielding effectiveness prediction and ground-penetrating radar wave technique interpretation. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. DOI
- (2010). Creating screen-printed passive components for microwave applications. Microelectronics International. DOI
- (2009). An iterative design procedure for the synthesis of generalized dual-bandpass filters. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering. DOI
- (2009). Composite corporate traveling-wave power dividers for slot array waveguide antennas. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering. DOI
- (2009). Design and Analysis of Microstrip-Line-Coupled NRD Guide Filter Based on Integral Equation Techniques. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering. DOI
- (2008). Application of Jonscher model for the characterization of the dielectric permittivity of concrete. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. DOI
- (2008). Concept of Virtual Electric/Magnetic Walls and its Realization With Artificial Magnetic Conductor Technique. Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE. DOI
- (2008). Design and Calibration of a Large Open-Ended Coaxial Probe for the Measurement of the Dielectric Properties of Concrete. Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on. DOI
- (2007). Electric Field Integral Equation Approach for Accurate Modeling of Transmission Loss Properties and Leakage Phenomena in NRD-Guide of Arbitrary Cross Section. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering. DOI
- (2007). Iterative Design Techniques for All-Pole Dual-Bandpass Filters. Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE. DOI
- (2000). Full-wave modal analysis of NRD guide T-Junction. Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE. DOI
- (2000). Mode conversion and design consideration of integrated nonradiative dielectric (NRD) components and discontinuities. Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on. DOI
- Boone, F., Aubert, H., Baudrand, H. (1994). Complex modes in open and shielded lossless planar transmission lines and their correspondence with leaky modes. Electronics Letters. DOI
Articles de conférence
- Berthelot, B., Tartarin, J.-G., Viallon, C., Leblanc, R., Maher, H., Boone, F. (2019). GaN MMIC Differential Multi-function Chip for Ka-Band Applications. IEEE MTT S International Microwave Symposium Digest. DOI
- Hassan, B., Cutivet, A., Rodriguez, C., Cozette, F., Soltani, A., Maher, H., Boone, F. (2019). Scalable Small-Signal Modeling of AlGaN/GaN HEMT Based on Distributed Gate Resistance. 2019 IEEE Bicmos and Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium Bcicts 2019. DOI
- Saugnon, D., Tartarin, J.G., Franc, B., Maher, H., Boone, F. (2018). Fully Automated RF-Thermal Stress Workbench with S-Parameters Tracking for GaN Reliability Analysis. Eumic 2018 2018 13th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference. DOI
- (2015). AlGaN/GaN THz resonant plasmonic detectors with symmetric and asymmetric patterns deposited above homogeneous and inhomogeneous 2DEG. Millimeter Waves (GSMM), 2015 Global Symposium On. DOI
- (2015). Large-signal modeling up to W-band of AlGaN/GaN based high-electron-mobility transistors. Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), 2015 10th European. DOI
- (2015). Thermal performance assessment in AlGaN/GaN structures by microsensor integration. Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), 2015 10th European. DOI
- (2014). Adaptation de la simulation de la réponse GPR pour l'auscultation des infrastructures: application de la méthode des éléments finis. DiagnoBéton.
- (2013). AlN/Si interfaces properties revealed by broadband characterization of Coplanar Waveguides. 37th Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits held in Europe (WOCSDICE).
- (2013). Low-Loss Low-Dispersion High-Resistivity Silicon Dielectric Slab Waveguide for THz Region. Microwave Symposium Digest, 2013 IEEE MTT-S International.
- Malekabadi, S.A., Boone, F., Deslandes, D., Morris, D., Charlebois, S. (2013). Low-loss low-dispersive high-resistivity silicon dielectric slab waveguide for THz region. IEEE MTT S International Microwave Symposium Digest. DOI
- (2012). Design of microstrip power dividers with filtering functions. Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2012 42nd European. DOI
- (2012). Radar signal interpretation based on the spectral phase analysis, study of the uncertainty. Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM).
- (2011). Characterization of the GPR surface waves for civil engineering applications. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS).
- (2008). General Formulation for Modeling Bandpass Filters with Finite Quality Factors and Resistive Couplings. Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2008 38th European. DOI
- (2007). Universal Single-Layer Waveguide Power Divider for Slot Array Antenna Applications. Microwave Symposium Digest, 2007 IEEE/MTT-S International. DOI
- (2006). Accurate Modeling of Microstrip-Line-Coupled NRD-Guide Filter Using a Generalized Surface-Volume Integral-Equation Method. Frontiers in Applied Computational Electromagnetics (FACE).
- (2006). Circular NRD Guide for Millimeter-Wave Integrated Circuits. Microwave Symposium Digest, 2006. IEEE MTT-S International. DOI
- (2005). Design of a microwave channelized active filter for MMIC. Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2005. Canadian Conference on. DOI
- (2003). Nonradiative dielectric (NRD) waveguide diplexer for millimeter-wave applications. Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International.
- (2002). Design of NonRadiative Dielectric Waveguide Components for Millimeter-Wave Applications. International Workshop on Microwave Filters.
- (2001). CAD and Optimization of Nonradiative Dielectric (NRD) Waveguide Components for Millimeter-Wave Applications. International Symposium on Microwave and Optical Technology (ISMOT).
- Wu, K., Boone, F. (2001). Guided-wave properties of synthesized non-radiative dielectric waveguide for Substrate Integrated Circuits (SICS). IEEE MTT S International Microwave Symposium Digest.
- (2001). Guided-wave properties of synthesized nonradiative dielectric waveguide for substrate integrated circuits (SICs). Microwave Symposium Digest, 2001 IEEE MTT-S International.
- (2001). Transition of Non-Radiative Waveguide to Slotline for Hybrid Integration of Uniplanar Circuit and NRD-Guide. International Symposium on Microwave and Optical Technology (ISMOT).
- (2000). Hybrid microstrip/NRD-guide filter with enhanced upside stop-band rejection. Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM). DOI
- (1999). Design and properties of integrated millimeter-wave bandpass filters using nonradiative dielectric waveguide for broadband wireless system. Proc. SPIE, Gigahertz Devices and Systems.
- (1998). Channelized non-radiative dielectric (NRD) guide for hybrid and monolithic integration technology. Asia Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC).
- (1997). Design and optimization of NRD-guide components. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS).
- (1996). A multiple strip nonradiative dielectric guide filter design. Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM).